About Brent Hutson, DDS
Dr. Hutson has been the director of Clinical Fixed Prosthodontics at the Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Dentistry. He is also attending clinical staff at the Baylor University Medical Center, Charles A Sammons Cancer Center. Dr. Hutson is a seventeen year veteran of the United States Navy and currently holds the rank of Captain/O6. In 2014, he was APPLY Board selected as the Senior Dental Executive for Expeditionary Medical Force Dallas – ONE. He was mobilized in 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has augmented multiple U. S. Marine Corps combat and humanitarian missions in Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, and he has been awarded a variety of personal and campaign awards, including a Presidential Unit Citation. In 2014 Captain Hutson conducted a command investigation and chaired a working group which reviewed infection control practices currently utilized by the United States Marine Corps. The working group produced a comprehensive guidance document regarding infection control procedures both in garrison and in the expeditionary environment. Captain Hutson also identified a manufacturing issue concerning the sterility of widely used dental exam instruments for military screening exams. The identification of this issue resulted in a change in United States Navy Policy. In addition to his duties at the Baylor campus and with the U.S. Navy Reserves, Dr. Hutson is a frequent speaker at meetings throughout the country. He has presented a widely popular symposium on the management of medically complex patients. As one of the attending dentists at the Baylor University Medical Center, Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dr. Hutson has amassed a significant collection of complex patient cases and scenarios, which are presented in a collegial format. Dr. Hutson has a passion for the medically complex patients and often treats patients who have been turned away by other providers. He has special interest in patients with coagulopathies, pre and post-transplantation patients, preparation of patients for head/neck radiation, and patients with complications after oncology treatment. Dr. Hutson frequently speaks on ‘standard of care’ and ethical considerations in dentistry. He is a consultant to several professional liability insurance companies and has served as an expert witness on medico legal issues throughout the South and Southwest.
